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· 7/3/1942

People ex rel. Crompton Building Corp. v. Sexton

Citations

  • 264 A.D. 522
  • 35 N.Y.S.2d 922
  • 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4194

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  • holding that “to merit protection [under the anti-dilution law], the plaintiff must possess a strong mark”
  • observing that New York law protects against the “gradual whittling away of a firm’s distinctive trademark ór name”
  • observing that New York law protects against the “gradual whittling away of a firm’s distinctive trade-mark or name”
  • defining dilution simply as “the gradual whittling away of a firm’s distinctive trade-mark or name”
  • referring to Gen. Bus. Law § 368-d, the prior version of N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 360-1
  • discussing N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 368-d, the current law’s predecessor

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